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An unnamed Chinese club have approached West Ham with a bid worth in excess of £36million and Arnautovic has received a contract offer in the region of £250,000 a week.

'We will see what happens in the next few days and I hope he will take the best decision,' said Pellegrini after his side's victory.

'I have been in this position a lot of times in my 30 years but I am calm with nothing 100 per cent sure.'

The 29-year-old wants to move to the Chinese Super League this month to challenge for titles

Arnautovic's brother and agent Danijel told TalkSport radio last week: 'West Ham bought Marko for peanuts. They paid £20m for him, which is nothing in the current market. Now West Ham have a fantastic offer.

'It is close to double what they paid for him. He wants to go to a new market and challenge for titles. This is what he wants.'

West Ham, for their part, insist Arnautovic will not be sold but are braced for another offer of £40m for the Austrian and the 29-year-old will continue to push for a move.

In contrast to West Ham's last want-away star, Dimitri Payet, who left to join Marseille in 2017, Arnautovic has continued to train at a high level. He insisted he wanted to start on Saturday and led the forward line at the London Stadium.

West Ham boss Pellegrini conceded after the game that the situation was out of his hands